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50 Emerging Target Emerging Emerging Target Target Probable TST Probable TST Probable TST Fix, track, and target IAW established TST procedures (see TST MTTP) Fix, track, and target IAW established TST Fix, track, and target IAW established TST procedures (see TST MTTP) procedures (see TST MTTP) Probable Target (non-TST) Probable Target Probable Target (non (non-TST) TST) Target IAW component priorities and procedures, or… Pass to planned targeting process Target IAW component priorities and Target IAW component priorities and procedures, or… procedures, or… Pass to planned targeting process Pass to planned targeting process Not a target Not a target Not a target Discard, or… Enter on NSL Discard, or… Discard, or… Enter on NSL Enter on NSL Unknown Unknown Unknown Continue find phase Continue find phase Continue find phase Find Phase Input Find Phase Determination Action Figure 3.2. Find Phase Determinations and Follow-on Actions Find The find phase involves ISR detection of an emerging target, some aspect of which suggests that it fits within one of the dynamic targeting categories listed above. The find phase requires clearly designated guidance from commanders, especially concerning target priorities, and the focused ISR collection plan based on IPB, to include named areas of interest and target areas of interest. Following this collection plan leads to detections, some of which will be “emerging targets”—detections that meet sufficient criteria (established by the CAOC with commander’s guidance) to be considered and developed as a target. The time sensitivity and importance of this target may be initially undetermined. Emerging targets usually require further ISR and analysis to develop and confirm. This further analysis will result in one of four determinations which shape follow-on actions, as illustrated in Figure 3.2. A good collection plan will not be passive. Commanders should not send out sensors without an idea of what they will collect. Instead, they should be anticipatory, which involves confirming anticipated results, not just blind detection. The result of the